BlackFlareSide
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If you dreamed of showing up at an event pulling your Gen 1 or 2 on a trailer behind your brand new Lightning, I hope you live close!
If math and engineering puts you to sleep skip to about 12 minutes in.
https://youtu.be/S4W-P5aCWJs
This is not meant to put down Electric Vehicles. Just information for those that are interested.
Both Tesla and Ford talk about towing capacity but do not give any information (that I’ve seen) on range while towing.
He doesn’t even take into account that it is recommended to only charge your battery to 80% normally unless you anticipate needing more. And that you will need a little bit of reserve or buffer to not run completely out of energy.
I’d estimate that in real life you would have a spontaneous towing capacity of 50-80 miles with the extended range batteries. Not good in my opinion. It’s a 30 mile trip just to get to town for me.
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If math and engineering puts you to sleep skip to about 12 minutes in.
https://youtu.be/S4W-P5aCWJs
This is not meant to put down Electric Vehicles. Just information for those that are interested.
Both Tesla and Ford talk about towing capacity but do not give any information (that I’ve seen) on range while towing.
He doesn’t even take into account that it is recommended to only charge your battery to 80% normally unless you anticipate needing more. And that you will need a little bit of reserve or buffer to not run completely out of energy.
I’d estimate that in real life you would have a spontaneous towing capacity of 50-80 miles with the extended range batteries. Not good in my opinion. It’s a 30 mile trip just to get to town for me.
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